Results 38,121-38,140 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 1837: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will lodge a planning application for permanent buildings in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29594/08]

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Minister for his answer. I was not really asking about cross-border trade and disputes but about the existing section 8(3) of the Consumer Protection Act, which provides a mandate for the National Consumer Agency to promote and even establish alternative means of dispute resolution between consumers and, for example, retailers. There are two things that can be done in this...

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: How long will she review it for?

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: It seems "review" means "do nothing".

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: A government should review a situation, make an assessment and then make a decision, and it may perhaps review things again at another stage one or two years down the line.

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: This Government seems to be in a constant process of review which is then used as an excuse not to make decisions.

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I will ask the first part of my question again.

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Does the Minister not agree that the €2,000 threshold is too low and that it should be increased now and then reviewed at a later date?

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Do it.

Alternative Dispute Resolution. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Will the Minister decide?

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount the administrative cost of regulation has been reduced since her Department adopted its target of 25%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31357/08]

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: We could do with a 50% cut right away.

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I am happy that we now have a target of 25% in reducing the administrative cost of regulation. This target does not have to be met until, I assume, the end of 2012. Does the Minister of State not think there is a good case for having an interim target? The Minister could report back early next year and tell us how far we have come in achieving the 25% reduction. In this way we will not...

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Perhaps an annual review would be appropriate. How will the baseline calculation for the cost of regulation be assessed? What model will be used? Before something can be reduced by 25% there must be a model to work out what 100% is. How will that assessment be made and when?

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I appreciate the sincerity of the Minister of State in this matter given his background in business. However, I do not believe he answered either of my questions which I will ask again. Would he agree it would be appropriate to have an interim target of, for example, 10% by the end of next year so we can review the progress he is making on an annual basis rather than waiting until the end...

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: However, the Government has not used the standard cost model.

Employment Rights Authority. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: If I remember correctly the Minister of State said the Bill was published in March, only six months ago. It appears strange that the Bill, the purpose of which was to establish the agency on a statutory footing, was published six months ago and yet has not been brought before the House for debate. The only explanation that would make sense is that the Bill is essentially a bad one and is...

Employment Rights Authority. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: To follow up on that and to connect with the comments made by Deputies Penrose and English on regulation, anyone who has read this very complex Bill, as the Minister of State has described it, will see it will have a significant regulatory impact on employers, yet the process being used for regulatory impact analyses decided that after screening, this Bill did not require a full regulatory...

FÁS Internal Audits. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she is taking to respond to financial mismanagement within FÁS as revealed by recent internal audit reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31354/08]

FÁS Internal Audits. (24 Sep 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Minister for her reply. I welcome the fact that this investigation has been requested by her and that it will occur. The response was slow, but a slow response is better than none. At a time of rising unemployment when we have a skills mismatch between the jobs available and those without jobs, it is important we have a functioning training agency. While many employees of FÁS...